Contents of Volume IX. 



NUMBER IV. 



Breeding Habits of the Fish Hawk on Plum Island, New York. 



Bj Charles Slover Alien. (Plates IV and V) 313 



A Preliminary List of the Birds of San Josk, Costa Rica. Bj 



George K. Cherrie. ......... 322 



Habits of the Oldsqjuaw {Clangjtla hyejtialis) in Nkw England. 



Bj George H . AJaclay. ........ 330 



List of Birds observed in the Vicinity of San Antonio, Bexar 



County, Texas. Bv H. P. Aii-uater. 337 



Habits of the Hudsonian Curlew in Massachusetts. Bj George 



H. Alackay 345 



Further Notes on Birds of the Gray's Harbor Region, Wash- 

 ington. Bj /?. H. Laivretice. ....... 352 



Birds of Southwestern New Mexico. Bj A. W. Avtho7iy. . 357 



Observations on the Birds of Jamaica, West Indies. II. A List 



OF THE Birds recorded from the Island, with Annotations. 



Bj W. E. D. Scott 369 



RECENT LITERATURE. 



Eendire's Life Histories of North American Birds, 375; Ridgwaj's 

 •The Hummingbirds,' 376; Merriam on the Life Areas of North 

 America, 377; Suchetet on Hvbriditj in Birds, 382; Minor Orni- 

 thological Publications, 383; Publications Received, 387. 



GENERAL NOTES. 



Habits of the Herring Gull, 3S8; Another Specimen of the Labrador 

 Duck, '2,^()\ Eremiefes occideutaUs\\\ Connecticut, 389 ; Totavus 

 Jlavifes and Charadritis do7)iintC2ts, T,Sg\ Tjyngites subrvjicollis, 

 389; A specimen of Nnmeiiius arquaiiis saict to have been taken 

 on Long Island, N. Y., 390; Notes on Syrvinm occidentale, 392; 

 Coccyzus americaiius occidentalis in Washington, 393; Original 

 Description of Lewis's Woodpecker, 394; ]\Jyiarcfiiis nuiihigt in 

 Arizona, 394; Perisoreus c(iiHide7ists in Massachusetts, 395; Up to 

 Date, 395 ; Abnormal Eggs of Sfizella soci'ah's, 395 ; V/reo oliva- 

 ceu$ in British Columbia and Washington, 395 ; The Chestnut- 

 sided Warbler Nesting in Missouri, 396; Two Cape Cod Records, 

 396; Notes on a Few Birds from Northern Ohio, 397. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 

 Robert W. Shufeldt, 3d., 398. 



